Legistrations and Bills
The law that provided benefits to WWII veterans
What is the GI Bill?
A signifigant increase in birth rates from 1946-1964
What is the Baby Boom?
A society where buying and owning goods is emphasized
What is Consumer Culture?
The event that caused women to join the labor force and work more
What is WWII?
The law passed by President Eisenhower, ordering a nation-wide network of highways to be built
What is the Interstate Highway Act?
The movement away from cities and into more residential areas on the outskirts
What is Suburbanization?
Vaccines against diseases like polio and new techniques such as heart surgery
Tradtional role of women that was glorified in the media, like in magazines or television
What is the role of a stay-at-home mother?
The benefits of the GI Bill
What is education, housing, and employment assistance to WWII veterans?
The movement of African Amercians from the South to the North due to poverty and racial discrimination
What is the White Flight?
The use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers to have a greater variety of foods and improved nutrition
What is the advances in agriculture in Post-War America?
The fields of nursing, teaching, domestic service, social work, retail sales and secretarial work
What is the jobs that women were limited to after WWII?
Led to a rise in suburban areas, shopping malls, motels, and fast food restraunts across the US
What is the effect of the Interstate Highway Act?
The return of soldiers from World War II, increase in economic prosperity, cultural push for families and having children, and decreasing marriage age
What are the contributing factors to the Baby Boom?
The group of people who had more money to spend during the time of Consumerism
What is the Middle Class?
Book that helped launch the women's rights movement in Post-War America
What is "The Feminine Mystique"?
The year the Interstate Highway Act was put in place
What is 1956?
Caused a decline of urban centers because people and businesses were moving from the cities to the suburbs and reinforced racial and economic segregation because many times suburban communities would exclude minorities and low-income families
What is the effects of Suburbanization
A job with a more professional, generally office-based role, such as positions in advertising or insurance
What is a "white-collar" job?
The author of "The Feminine Mystique"
Who is Betty Friedan?